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| | | An Act To Allow for Equitable Recovery of Wages for |
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| | | Employees Who Are Not Paid in Full |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §621-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 18, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §621-A. Timely and full payment of wages |
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| | | 1. Minimum frequency and full payment. At regular | | intervals not to exceed 16 days, every employer must pay in full | | all wages earned by each employee. Each payment must include all | | wages earned to within 8 days of the payment date. An employee | | who is absent from work at a time fixed for payment must be paid | | on demand after that time. |
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| | | 2. Regular payment required. Wages must be paid on an | | established day or date at regular intervals made known to the | | employee. When the interval is less than the maximum allowed by | | subsection 1, the interval may not be increased without written | | notice to the employee at least 30 days in advance of the | | increase. |
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| | | 3. Compensatory time agreements. Notwithstanding subsections | | 1 and 2, public agency employers and employees may |
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